…..I know I will be hoping for and awaiting news that they will one day play together live again soon. - CP
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#i love you #rx bandits #end of an era #thank you
It is with an incredible sadness that I relay this news. The band that started it all for me and who were so instrumental in the creation of what has now become Sargent House. The one, the only, the great loves of my musical life, RX Bandits have decided that this Summer’s US tour will be their last together. It is so hard for me to fathom that it I will not be able to witness one of the most incredible live bands I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing beyond these final shows. Just typing this is so hard, my emotions are so intense, no words could express what this band means to me and how much I have loved them. I feel immensely honored to have been part of their lives and to have witnessed first hand what they have achieved.
Below is the statement from the band themselves, which is short, not out of disrespect or care but I think more from being at a loss for words in how to explain to fans so dear and so loving that they are simply closing an incredible chapter in all their lives, and that they are okay with it. It is just too hard to sum up any other way then to simply say thank you. RX Bandits, you are truly one of a kind.
“Dear friends,
We would like to express our love and appreciation for all that you’ve done for us and how much a part of our growth you have been. We have all mutually decided that this summer will be our last tour. We love each other and love you all and hope to see you at the shows.”
Much love & respect,
Rx Bandits
The 10th anniversary special re-issue of RX Bandits’ “…And The Battle Begun” is available for pre-order in CD & vinyl along with t-shirt bundles. Click HERE to reserve your copy.
RX Bandits are touring the US with And So I Watch You From Afar beginning September 24th. A full list of dates can be found below. Tickets available HERE.
RX BANDITS & AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR US TOUR 2016
Sep 24 Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre
Sep 25 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Sep 27 Portland, OR @ Star Theater
Sep 28 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Sep 30 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Oct 01 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Oct 03 Lawrence, KS @ Granada
Oct 04 St Louis, MO @ Fubar
Oct 05 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Oct 06 Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom
Oct 08 Wantagh, NY @ Mulcahy’s Concert Hall
Oct 10 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Oct 11 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Oct 12 Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre
Oct 14 Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
Oct 15 Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
Oct 16 Lake Park, FL @ Kelsey Theatre
Oct 17 Tampa, FL @ State Theatre
Oct 19 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Oct 20 Houston, TX @ Numbers
Oct 21 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
Oct 22 San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall
Oct 24 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Oct 28 San Diego, CA @ SOMA
Oct 30 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
“Those who’ve experienced them in person know that Seal Beach’s Rx Bandits are one of the most rip-roaring, fantastically furious live bands on the planet. Chalk it up to their early days as horn-blazing ska-punk revivalists, a phase they’ve grown through quite gracefully. Though they were once part of the Drive-Thru Records stable, RxB always displayed an ear for the avant-garde, and time has proven them to be as prog(ressive) as the Mars Volta, though well grounded in deep dub riddims and punk-pop emotiveness (the latter needed to effectively deliver singer Matt Embree’s political treatises). The band’s last three albums — The Resignation (2003), And the Battle Begun (2006) and Mandala (2009) — show a veteran live act finally realizing its on-record potential, even as its membership dropped from six to a hornless four. Now, over the course of three evenings, the band completes the circle by performing each album in its entirety (on respective nights). Three-night passes sold out almost immediately — a testament to what’s in store for those yet to be baptized by the Bandits. ”
RX Bandits will be playing their last Tour this Summer. If you have never witnessed this band live, sadly this is the last opportunity to see them and to those that have it is even sadder as we all know what the world will be missing when the RX Bandits don’t roll through again next year. On a brighter note we are very happy to announce that Maps & Atlases will be joining them on the majority of this last adventure. For us this is a real historical, family style pairing. Sargent House met and started working with Maps & Atlases in 2006 the same year we put out our very first record … And the Battle Begun by RX Bandits. We’ve watched both bands go on to forge indelible paths in music. Stay tuned for announcements on who will be opening on the dates that do not have M&A listed. We will be adding additional bands to all the shows, mixing it up, drawing from friends and family. I personally can’t wait to go to so many of these shows, it looks like my Summer vacation has been routed! Ticket links will be up at all the venue sites soon and will all go on sale this week. MY ADVICE? BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE!
RX BANDITS FAREWELL SUMMER TOUR 2011
May 14 - San Diego, CA @ Mariners Point / OMBAC Coming out Party
Jun 26 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee *
Jun 28 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
Jun 29 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
Jun 30 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit *
July 01 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s *
July 03 - New Orleans, LA @ Howlin’ Wolf *
July 05 - Orlando, FL @ The Social *
July 06 - Orland, FL @ The Social *
July 07 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room *
July 08 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *
July 09 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club *
July 10- Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts TLA *
July 12 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza * SOLD OUT
July 13 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *
July 14 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East *
July 15- Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
July 16 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
July 17 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada @ Cafe Campus *
July 18 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Mod Club *
July 20 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick *
July 21- Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
July 22 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall *
July 23 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *
July 24 - Denver, CO @ The Summit *
July 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex *
July 27 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon *
July 28 - Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne *
July 30 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst *
July 31 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades *
Aug 03 - Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arts Theater
Aug 04 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Mayan
Aug 06 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
Aug 07 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
* w/ Maps & Atlases
“Steve Choi gives interviews like he’s a politician. The RX Bandits’ guitarist/keyboardist doesn’t speak like a hypocritical scumbag of a politician, but rather a doggedly idealistic one—a guy with unwavering views and PR-friendly answers to any questions that come his way. Choi is so determined to convey a handful of certain ideas that, during a recent interview, it seemed like he was actively conducting a two-part campaign based around the image of his Long Beach, Calif.-based band.
The first part of his platform insists that RX Bandits have never made a conscious decision in altering their style. Instead, he insists, everything’s been a product of gradual evolution. “We always keep the mentality that it could go in any direction,” Choi says. “We didn’t have any views on the trajectory or where it was headed or how fast it would be heading there. It was kind of like, ‘Let it happen and keep doing it as long as it feels good and right.’ ”
Later, he makes another statement that runs along the same lines: “I feel like we were where we were supposed to be at each stage in our progression.” Try to ask him a question about how the band might hypothetically sound in the future, and he won’t rattle off anything from his imagination, instead vigilantly sticking to his POV that everything is up in the air until the whole group converges in the same room.
RX Bandits will be heading out for their last US tour bringing along some great friends and great bands. Maps & Atlases, Zechs Marquise and on a few dates Fang Island and Happy Body Slow Brain and The Hot Toddies.
RX BANDITS SUMMER 2011
Jun 26 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee * @
Jun 28 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater * ^ @
Jun 29 - Austin, TX @ Emo's * ^ @
Jun 30 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit * ^ @
July 01 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's * ^ @
July 03 - New Orleans, LA @ Howlin’ Wolf * ^
July 05 - Orlando, FL @ The Social * ^
July 06 - Orland, FL @ The Social * ^
July 07 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * ^
July 08 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade * ^
July 09 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club * ^
July 10- Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts TLA * ^
July 12 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza * ^ SOLD OUT
July 13 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza * ^
July 14 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East * ^
July 15- Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East !! ^
July 16 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall !! ^
July 17 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada @ Cafe Campus * ^
July 18 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Mod Club * ^
July 20 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick * ^
July 21- Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge ^ w/ Cast Spells
July 22 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall * ^
July 23 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck * ^
July 24 - Denver, CO @ The Summit * ^
July 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex * ^
July 27 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon * ^
July 28 - Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne * ^
July 30 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst * ^
July 31 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades * ^
Aug 03 - Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arts Theater ^#
Aug 04 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Mayan ^ #
Aug 06 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse ^ #
Aug 07 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom ^ #
* w/ Maps & Atlases
^ w/ Zechs Marquise
@ w/ Happy Body Slow Brain
!! w/ Fang Island
# w/ The Hot Toddies
w/ Matt Embree and Chris Tsagakis of RX Bandits
On the edge of an indefinite hiatus, Rx Bandits are wrapping up a consistent schedule of touring with a string of summer shows. They are completing their summer tour in the place that birthed the band, Southern California. Having crafted a sound with foundations in rock, reggae, punk, and ska, Rx has evolved with every album and influenced many others in the process. With a slew of side projects (i.e. Matt Embree’s Love You Moon, Chris Tsagakis’ Technology, Embree and Tsagakis both in The Sound of Animals Fighting, Steve Choi in Machines, etc.), the group is looking to stretch new musical limbs while giving others time to rest. I sat down with longtime friends and musical partners Matt Embree (Vocals/Guitar) and Chris Tsagakis (Drums) to talk about collaborations, labels, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -Zack Lazar
This tour has been blown a bit out of proportion. You guys said you were going on a break, and people started saying, “they’re over, this is the farewell tour!”. But really, isn’t it more like an indefinate hiatus.
Matt Embree: That’s what it is, a hiatus. We’re not breaking up.
Chris Tsagakis: We’ve been pretty consistent with touring for a long time.
ME: We’re definitely not going to tour for a while, if ever. It’s not our last shows forever, if we were going to do that we’d like make it something really beautiful and elegant, not that we’re not. We’d do a last waltz type of thing you know, with film, and have all of our friends there.
CT: It’s hard to say that we would ever have a last show ever because none of us are going to go home and be like, “well, I’m going to break my drumsticks and sell my drums and never play.” This is our love and what we’re going to do for the rest of our lives anyways.
In any case, you guys are going to be taking a break. How does it feel right now, and how do you think that will change as you near the California shows?
ME: Already, it’s very flattering, the energy has been really great and positive, but already at shows multiple people are crying. I understand, it means a lot to me that our band… (shoulder shrug) we’re an underground band. We have amazing fans, if not the best fans I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen a band, maybe Alkaline Trio, with more fans with tatoos. I’m not trying to sound conceited or bragging, I’m just very flattered and very honored. I write lyrics that I’m looking to connect with people, it’s just part of how I am, part of who I am. Chris and I both are introverts and I think that’s why we love music so much, because that’s part of how we connect socially. We have a small close group of friends, we’re not all social butterflies. To get back to your question, heavy. We’ve got people flying out from Japan, we have kids flying out from South America, we have kids flying down from Canada, we have kids flying from the west coast. We have kids that are following every show in California. There’s this kid outside from Guatamala, he just got his citizenship and saw us last night, and he’s going to like 10 shows. It’s like -I feel like we kind of are, even though we don’t sound like those hippy jam bands- we can fit with that in the way we play and jam. That’s why I think our fans are so amazing, they get it and they know every show is going to be different. They know it’s not supposed to just sound like the record. We feed off of them, fans are part of the show. They sing, they give us that energy and we feed off it. If the crowd is dead and weird, we’re going to be weird. They’re part of the band. It’s tough, but change is good and I embrace it. I love playing with these guys, they’re my bros. Chris and I started this when we barely had any pubes.
You’ve been a fixture in the California music and culture scene for quite some time. You guys have been together for almost two decades, what are the biggest changes that you’ve seen in the art and music scene?
ME: Wow. The way I look at it is that now, to be honest, it’s been about 11 years. Because before, Chris and I started the Pharmaceutical Bandits, and that’s something people don’t realize. Essentially we changed our sound, we knew we wanted to change our sound. What we didn’t want to do was just throw our fans away, so we decided “we’re going to start calling it RX bandits from now on.”
CT: It was about being more serious. At the beginning we were just kids who wanted to have fun and play music, it was our dream to do that. And at some point, it became like, WOW, we might be able to make a living off of this. It was like, let’s make a logo, pick a solid name, and start playing a little more serious music. The kind of music we had inside of ourselves. Not that we didn’t have ska inside of us
ME: We loved playing ska and reggae because it was really huge in our scene back home. We both were interested in dancing, and that’s something that kept in the band. Unfortunately people always seem to want to say ska, when they talk about us. Which is super bizarre because, there are these friends of ours and they have two or three ska songs but nobody ever says ska about them. Even Sublime, people didn’t so much call them ska as much as hip hop or whatever. It’s just because we came from that scene, but we’ve always kept that dance element. It was a great scene, that really helped us to mold the kind of show that’s safe and positive, and not gender specific. We have hard stuff, but we want women and men to be together and not for women to be afraid when they’re in the audience. If people want to dance rough, that’s fine. If I see women dancing rough and rocking out with them, then cool. As long as it’s not a situation where a bunch of dudes are running around and all the girls have to hang back because they’re afraid of getting hit. That’s not fair.
CT: The thing that bums all of us, is that there used to be so many more independent venues. There used to be tons all over Califoria. Now it’s like if you want to play in any big city, there are few options. There’s the clear channel options, which for a lot of people are necessary evils.
ME: It’s like sometimes, you can’t play somewhere cool if you don’t play Livenation. There are certain cities that Livenation has a stranglehold over and there’s nothing you can do, but we try as hard as we can to never support that company.
CT: It used to be that we would literally have friends our age, or younger, who’d open up venues. We’d do it in a house or an old strip mall somewhere. It doesn’t seem like that really happens much anywhere. It’ll probably come back, it goes in waves.
ME: It was also legislation. There were all of those skinheads going around starting fights.
How did the Sound of Animals Fighting come together? How did it go from a random experiment to what it is now?
CT: Rich Balling has been behind turning it into the phenomenon you might say, maybe that’s too big of a word. I refered to it as an art project. We were just like, let’s throw some stuff down, let’s experiment with shifts, let’s just do something. Rich took it, ran with it, and before we knew it…
ME: Rich was essentially the label and the manager, and his contacts, like I had never seen Anthony [Green] but he was in a So Cal band, Saosin. Rich had an inkling that Anthony didn’t want to do hardcore stuff anymore, and he loved his voice. So literally I wasn’t even supposed to be in the project. It was just supposed to be kind of this superband sort of thing.
CT: in the beginning Rich had me come down and I played drums for like 5 hours, and he recorded it. At that point I don’t think he had any kind of plan in mind to tell me, it was just “play drums”, and later we’ll figure out the rest. I don’t think anyone had any kind of big plan in mind at all.
ME: We just thought it’d be cool. What happened was that Chris did these jump parts that were just insane. The other thing was the other guitar players we had in mind from some hardcore and screamo bands, none of them could play to it. None of them knew what to do, so they sent me the ProTools file, and I recorded all of the guitar parts in four days.
CT: We’ve always had this connection.
ME: This telepathic, bizarre…when you’ve played forever that’s how it is. From the first day I played with Chris, I felt a connection, I don’t know if he did. It was like this guy likes all of the same music as me.
CT: We just started playing and it was like, “it goes like this,” and I knew when you were going to change. The music kind of wrote itself.
ME: Rich told me, “Hey man you got four days.” So I just got in there. There are some parts that are just crazy, and it was like, ok if Chris wants to take it there I’ll take it there too. It was kind of rag tag, and it all just came together. On the last record, Ocean and the Sun, Chris and I just recorded it all live in a studio in my garage, and we over-dubbed all these other parts. Chris played keyboard and stuff.
CT: The actual first song, was a loop that I made from a jam that we did.
ME: Like in a real dirty room backstage somewhere.
CT: I threw some extra keyboards on, Anthony sang on it, and it turned out to be a cool song. There were a few other ones on there that were experimental stuff I did with drums and gave to [Matt], similar to first album. Like “Uzbekistan”, and that one that [Matt] sang on.
ME: Yeah, Rich was like, “Anthony didn’t sing on that one for some reason, can you sing on it?”.
You guys were really secretive about the project, and that was at least in part due to record company obligations. How was that a part of the creative process?
ME: It was to avoid preconceived notions. Because as lame as it is, rock music snobs are like, “Oh, it’s someone from Rx Bandits”, or some of these scenester-heads are like, “I’m not going to listen to that because it’s going to be lame”.
CT: We had more ska connotation attached to our name at that point.
ME:We had just barely done The Resignation.
This country has seen a lot of changes, both sociocultural and musically, as you’ve grown together. Given your music’s outspokenness regarding political issues, I’d assume your personal political dialogue has also evolved over time. Has it?
ME: Funny thing is, we don’t really talk about politics much. We all kind of agree with each other, so at practice sometimes we’ll say something like, “Did you hear about this shit”. But we’re all preaching to the choir. We all feel things that are liberal, we all think things that are conservative.
CT: Liberal is a word that has its own connotation, but it’s almost more like…futurism. At some point someone was like, ”Black people shouldn’t be slaves”, that person was thinking ahead of everybody else. I dont’ think that we necessarily feel that this is our opinion and it’s a political decision about this and that, it’s more like there are certain issues that are just going to go away eventually. Like, injustices and general wrongs in the world. It seems just like a “doy” idea.
ME: If we want to continue existing on this planet, there are specific things that we need to do. I think anyone can see that. We need to stop destroying our planet, because it gives us life. We need to stop treating other human beings like they’re not other human beings, because we’re all one collective culture.
CT: Everyone is so misinformed. Someone is saying that something is going to be good for you, or to people that are living in poverty, “If we take away health care and cut teachers in classes and cut funding for social programs, that that’s actually good for you and it’s going to make your life better.” People actually believe that. That not having an education doesn’t matter.
ME: That to me seems, like Chris said, very “doy.” Let’s be honest, if we were all created equal we need to all have the same opportunities. America is obviously an economic superpower, but if we don’t make some serious changes we won’t be. Part of it is that we don’t seem to have any respect for jobs, we throw the American dollar around… I don’t want to get into the whole thing about it. It’s like Socialism, like that movie Bulworth, “Socialism, say that dirty word”. If you look at the rest of the first world, like Japan and Europe, they’re a socialist democracy, but they’re capitalist. The only other thing I’ll say is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is in our constitution. I believe that means no one should have to pay for healthcare. That’s the most nickel and dimming business in the world, like, you pay if you get sick. Un-fucking-believeable, deplorable, that should be illegal. We have the knowledge and the ability and the power to heal people but, we don’t if they don’t have money? It’s insane. Access to education, all people should have access to education. I’m not saying colleges shouldn’t make money, but there should be a way that every person is able to get whatever information for free, period.
CT: It’s funny because it’s one of the oldest of tricks in the book for anyone that wants keep power. For thousands of years, keep people stupid and you can do whatever you want. How are we still making that mistake?
ME: Fundamentalist Islam is the perfect example, the lack of education keeps these people angry and focused on violence.
CT: Fighting each other, and not those that they’re oppressed by.
ME: Exactly, fighting the other oppressed. And the pursuit of happiness along with life and liberty is, to me, no one should starve. If you live in a first world country, your government makes tons of money from taxes, and no one needs to starve. I think America does a pretty good job of that. I think it’s all social.
CT: I think the thing is that we obviously are politically minded, but we’re not doing it to try to engage in an argument. The more you say this stuff, the more people come back and try to argue with you. We’re not trying to force people to think our way.
ME: If anything, we just want people to think for themselves. Shit, don’t agree with me. Go out and live your life, go and have adventures, go and meet people, go and see what you think is right.
With such consistent touring and so many other projects on you guys’ plates, you have to be recording on the road. What recording equipment do you guys bring along on tour?
CT: We can’t bring a lot.
ME: I bring my ProTools rig, both of us bring keyboards, midi controllers.
CT: Microphones.
ME: My iPhone has a bunch of recording programs on it for samples, I love field recordings.
Matt, you’ve done colab work with both Zach Hill and Lisa Papineau. Can you talk a little about the process of working with these musicians?
ME: With Zach we just decided to jam for a few days. With Lisa, I flew out to France, and I recorded part of one song at her flat in Paris which is in the Bastille district which is beautiful. She lived above this sports bar when France was in the World Cup and they were playing Mexico. It was the most beautiful apartment. Then her friend’s Uncle Raymond passed, we house sat the house, and were basically living in this 500-year old farm house in the middle of an old Roman village. It was in the middle of wheat fields, rapeseed, peas as far as the eye can see, like an ocean. Her friend, Matthieu, his grandfather was also named Raymond. In fact the living room where we listened to the dailies everyday, Raymond, who was a famous jazz musician played with Coltrane, Miles, all these cats, Dexter Gordon. They all jammed in that room. We recorded on Raymond’s piano, so that’s how the album came to be known as Chez Raymond. It’s to commemorate his death, but also where we were at. It’s amazing in a lot of the songs the ideas came from these dreams that I had. It was an old house, and in these dreams I felt like there was a ghost around, and they were just, it was strange. These sounds would just show up on tracks unexplained. I don’t know how to explain it, but we used them, we used them in loops. I don’t know if it was the spirit of Ray, but it was pretty cool. Then we finished out in East LA at her house. Even stranger, it’s owned by a guy named Ray who she’s good friends with. There were tons of dogs. There were like 5 dogs in her house in East LA. It was great.
Do you think you’ll work with her again?
ME: Yes
You guys have been with a couple labels. In this time of record labels collapsing and the industry having to completely reconfigure itself, how does Sargent House stack up?
CT: It’s working out with them. Sargent House is pretty DIY and Cathy, she does everything herself.
ME: She’s really hands on. There are employees, Chase, Mark, and Brittany, they all do a really great job. Half of them toured with us, half of them cut their teeth by being on tour with us. Cathy is very passionate about music, and Sargent House has done a lot to help us in our career.
CT: It is very personal. We were on another label at one point, and they were owned by MCA. So, there have been points where we were connected to labels and you meet random people. You don’t really know anyone. There’s no actual hands on…
ME: They don’t know anything about it, they don’t know about music, and they don’t care about it. There were so many people at Universal Music Group that didn’t know anything about music. I don’t think I met a single person who even knew how to play an instrument. It was like, why would I even want to associate with someone who didn’t know even a little about rock music?
CT: It’s definitely nice in that regard. It’s small and personal. Whatever we’re doing we can always talk to Cathy or somebody else there. And they’re all like friends.
Tim Stedman (former vice-president and creative director of MCA records) did the art direction for Progress. He took the “forget this” path, and stepped out of the record industry. How was he to work with as a large-label rep?
ME: He was actually one of the guys that I liked a lot. He was one of my favorite people there.
CT: Those are the kind of people that end up changing the corporate labels.
ME: Or just end up going somewhere else.
CT: If the record labels survive, it will be because people like that change it.
RX Bandits head off to Europe for the first time since 2006, so all you lucky Euros get to hear some Mandala live for the first time. If you have never experienced a Live RXB show, we have only these words - DON’T MISS. Shows are selling out in advance so make sure to get tickets soon HERE
RX BANDITS EUROPEAN TOUR
May 24, 2010 - Oxford, (UK) @ Oxford Academy 2
May 25, 2010 - Bristol, (UK) @ Fleece & Firkin
May 26, 2010 - Southampton, S (UK) @ The Joiners (SOLD OUT)
May 28, 2010 - Manchester, (UK) @ Academy 3
May 29, 2010 - Hatfield, (UK) @ University of Herts, Hatfield - Slam Dunk Festival
May 30, 2010 - Leeds, (UK) @ Leeds University - Slam Dunk Festival (SOLD OUT)
May 31, 2010 - Birmingham, (UK) @ Academy 3
Jun 1, 2010 - Glasgow, SL (UK) @ King Tut’s
Jun 2, 2010 - London, LO (UK) @ The Underworld
Jun 3, 2010 - Paris, IDF (FR) @ Nouveau Casino also w/ Lisa Papineau
Jun 5, 2010 - Madrid, Mad (ES) @ Moby Dick
Jun 6, 2010 - Barcelona, (ES) @ La De Apolo
Jun 8, 2010 - Vicenza, VI (IT) @ Sabotage Bar
Jun 9, 2010 - Vienna, (AT) @ Flex
Jun 10, 2010 - Munich, (DE) @ 59 To 1 also w/ Crime In Stereo
Jun 11, 2010 - Berlin, (DE) @ Magnet w/ Moneen
Jun 12, 2010 - Cologne, (DE) @ Underground
Jun 14, 2010 - Hamburg, (DE) @ Grüner Jäger
Jun 15, 2010 - Amsterdam, (NL) @ Melkweg
all euro dates w/ Moneen
RX BANDITS - FULL ALBUM SHOWS
Sep 24, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA (US) @ Troubadour (The Resignation)
Sep 25, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA (US) @ Troubadour (And The Battle Begun)
Sep 26, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA (US) @ Troubadour (Mandala)
